The famed snapper shot Perry wearing lingerie and posing with her hands on her hips for the June cover of Vanity Fair, sparking comparisons to a sultry advertising campaign Von Teese starred in for underwear firm Wonderbra in 2008. (To see the photos in question, click here.)

Leibovitz has now denied borrowing ideas from Von Teese, telling the New York Post’s Page Six column, “I’d never seen the Wonderbra ad. Katy’s is a classic pose as old as the hills.”

Von Teese herself insists she is flattered by the alleged imitation, adding, “Katy and I are friends. She comes to a lot of my shows, but she (recently) came backstage and said, ‘I am taking all of this (gesturing at Von Teese’s hair and costume).’ People have always copied my style. I used to have friends who would dye their hair exactly the same shade as mine. I see it as a compliment.”

PNP/WENN.com Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has signed a deal with a financial firm which will help clear her debts without selling the rights to her pictures. The snapper has suffered severe …

Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has signed a deal with a financial firm which will help clear her debts without selling the rights to her pictures.

The snapper has suffered severe money problems over the last few years and is said to owe $24 million to bosses at Art Capital Group, who recently threatened legal action after she allegedly failed to adhere to the terms of the agreement.

Leibovitz, who has famously photographed stars including Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus, was reportedly planning to sell her entire art collection, as well as her homes in New York, to help settle the debt, but the lawsuit was withdrawn last year.

She has now signed a deal with private equity firm Colony Capital to help manage her money woes and keep her career on track.

Leibovitz tells the Financial Times, “We will be working on new projects and I will have the support and freedom necessary for nurturing my work and preserving my archive.”

She is now said to be working with bosses at Colony Capital to help fund a traveling exhibition of her pictures, as well as launching a book series to showcase her work.